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Godox AD800 – Press Release

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All-in-One Outdoor Flash Godox AD800Pro Power You Can Trust

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Godox AD800 - Press Release

All-in-One Outdoor Flash

AD800Pro

Power You Can Trust

800Ws300 Full-Power Flashes1/35710s Flash Duration
0.01-1.5s Recyling1/512 Fine Power Control40 W Bi-Color Lamp

Meet the AD800Pro — an 800Ws battery-powered monolight built for location professionals. It delivers reliable main-light output even in direct sunlight, rapid recycle times and long battery life, and offers versatile wireless control plus TTL compatibility across major camera systems. Together, these features provide powerful, dependable performance for professionals in any environment.

Overpower the Sun

With 800 Ws of output, the AD800Pro delivers decisive main-light performance that overcomes bright sunlight. It yields up to 300 full-power flashes per charge and a fast recycle time of 0.01–1.5 s, keeping pace with demanding on-location shoots.

Precision Power Control

Power is adjustable across a 10-stop range (1/512–1/1) with 0.1-stop increments, enabling extremely fine exposure control. This level of precision makes the AD800Pro ideal for product and still-life work, layered multi-light setups, and any situation that demands subtle highlight and shadow placement.

Godox AD800 - Press Release

Advanced Pro Modes

The AD800Pro includes pro-grade modes — Freeze, Stable Color-Temperature, HSS, Multi, and more — so photographers can reliably handle fast-action, product and color-critical work.

Freeze Mode: Ultra-short flash duration down to 1/35,710 s (t0.1) for razor-sharp captures of splashes, jumps and other fast motion.

Stable Color-Temperature Mode: Minimizes color drift as power changes (typical drift ? 100 K), ensuring consistent color across the output range.

Supports HSS (up to 1/8000s), Multi flash, and first- and second-curtain sync—covering everything from bright outdoor portraits to motion trails and creative strobe effects.

Triggering Versatility

Built around Godox’s 2.4 GHz X wireless system, the AD800Pro delivers robust, long-range wireless control — including one-tap pairing with X3Pro/X3 and full compatibility with other X-series transmitters. It also supports wired sync via a 3.5 mm PC jack and external 433 MHz receivers via USB-C, giving photographers multiple reliable triggering options for on-location and remote shoots.

Godox AD800 - Press Release

Flexible Power Solutions

To keep you shooting without compromise, the AD800Pro supports multiple power options. The optional AC26 adapter enables direct AC operation for continuous power, while the optional UC-46 fast charger reduces battery charging time to about 1.5 hours.

Godox AD800 - Press Release

Creative Accessory Ecosystem

Native Bowens Mount — Compatible with a wide range of light-shaping tools (softboxes, beauty dishes, grids, snoots, etc.), giving photographers instant access to an extensive professional modifier system.

Godox AD800 - Press Release

Optional Extension Head (H600P) — Featuring a 2m cable, the H600P allows flexible light placement and lightweight handheld or boom-mounted setups.

Smart Tools, Effortless Control

HD Color Screen

40W Bi-color Modeling Lamp

16 Color Group Indicators

What’s Inside

Flash Body x 1

Flash Tube x 1

Battery x 1

Adapter x 1

Power Cord x 1

Reflector Protection Cover x 1

Reflector x 1

Instruction Manual x 1

Optional

Godox AD800 - Press Release
  • Bowens Mount Accessories

Flash Projection Attachment BFP

Beauty Dish BDR-S55/BDR-W55/BDR-S/BDR-W

Reflector RFT-13/RFT-14/RFT-17/RFT-18/RFT-19/RFT-02/RFT-03/RFT-04

Barndoor Kit BD-04

Snoot SN-05

Quick Release Umbrella Softbox UL Series

UL-Octa BOX 60/90/120/150/180

UL-BOX 30×45/45×60/60×90/90×120

UL-BOX 40×40/60×60/90×90

UL-BOX 30×90/30×120

Quick Release Umbrella Softbox ST/SW Series

S65T/S85T/S105T/S120T

S65W/S85W/S105W/S120W

Quick Release Parabolic Softbox

QR-P70/QR-P90/QR-P120/QR-P60T/70T/90T/120T/150T

  • Parabolic Light Focusing System

Parabolic Light Focusing System P68/88/128/158 Kit

  • Extension Head

H600P

  • Charger & Adapter

USB Charger UC-46

Adapter AC26

Technical Data

ModelAD800Pro
Wireless Receiver Unit ModeWireless Mode(compatible with Canon E-TTL II, Nikon i-TTL, Sony, OM SYSTEM, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Pentax)
Flash ModeWireless off: M/Multi
Wireless receiver mode: TTL/M/Multi
Guide No. (1/1 step)110 (IS0 100, in meters, with efficient reflector)
Flash Duration (t=0.1)Normal: 1/350s ? 1/11400s
Color: 1/350s ? 1/9220s
Freeze: 1/5020s ? 1/35710s
Power (1/1 step)800Ws
Power Output10 steps:1/512 ? 1/1 (with 0.1 increment each step) Note: 9 steps in CCT mode.
Stroboscopic FlashProvided (up to 100 times, 100Hz)
Sync ModeHigh-speed sync (up to 1/8000 seconds), first-curtain sync, and second-curtain sync
Delay Flash0.01~30s
Mask?
Fan?
Beep?
Flash Duration Indication?
DisplayColor screen
Modeling Lamp
Max.Input Power40W
Brightness Range10%-100%
CRIAverage?97
TLCIAverage?98
CCT2800K-6000K
Wireless Flash (2.4G transmission)
Wireless FunctionReceiver, Off
Controllable Receiver Groups16: 0-9, A-F
Transmission RangeApprox.100m
Channels32:1-32
ID01-99/OFF
Power Supply
Power SupplyLithium battery (28.8V/2900mAh)
Full Power FlashesApprox.300
Recycle TimeQuickest approx. 0.01s ? 1.5s
Battery Level Indicator?
Power SavingAuto off function is available in menu settings (30min to 120min of idle use)
Sync Triggering Mode3.5mm sync cord
Flash Tube Color Temperature5800±200K
Dimensions and Weights
Dimension (with battery, flash tube and reflector)?4.96″*6.1″*13.5″
Net Weight (with battery, flash tube and reflector)?3.7kg /??8.16lb

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A spokeswoman for Deel said the company isn't aware of a criminal investigation but is willing to cooperate with authorities. The company has previously said: "We deny all legal wrongdoing and look forward to asserting our counterclaims." Unsealed court documents allege that an entity tied to Deel transferred $6,000 to an account owned by the wife of Chief Operating Officer Dan Westgarth, and that the same amount was forwarded from the account to O'Brien seconds later.

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White House Labels Altered Photo of Arrested Minnesota Protester a 'Meme'

The White House doubled down after posting a digitally altered photo of Minnesota protester Nekima Levy Armstrong, dismissing it as a "meme" despite objections from her attorney and comparisons to reality-distorting propaganda. "YET AGAIN to the people who feel the need to reflexively defend perpetrators of heinous crimes in our country I share with you this message: Enforcement of the law will continue. The memes will continue. Thank you for your attention to this matter," White House spokesperson Kaelan Dorr wrote in a post on X. The Hill reports: The statement came after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a photo of Armstrong's arrest Thursday showing Armstrong with what appears to be a blank facial expression. However, the White House later posted an altered version of the same photo that shows Armstrong crying.

Armstrong's attorney Jordan Kushner said in an interview with CNN that an agent was recording Armstrong's arrest on their cellphone. "I've never seen anything like it. It's so unprofessional," Kushner said. "He was ordered to do it because the government was looking to make a spectacle of this case. I observed the whole thing. She was dignified, calm, rational the whole time." Kushner went on to call the move to alter the photo "a hallmark of a fascist regime where they actually alter reality."

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TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: When TikTok users in the U.S. opened the app today, they were greeted with a pop-up asking them to agree to the social media platform's new terms of service and privacy policy before they could resume scrolling. These changes are part of TikTok's transition to new ownership. In order to continue operating in the U.S., TikTok was compelled by the U.S. government to transition from Chinese control to a new, American-majority corporate entity. Called TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, the new entity is made up of a group of investors that includes the software company Oracle. It's easy to tap "agree" and keep on scrolling through videos on TikTok, so users might not fully understand the extent of changes they are agreeing to with this pop-up.

Now that it's under U.S.-based ownership, TikTok potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data. Here are the three biggest changes to TikTok's privacy policy that users should know about. TikTok's change in location tracking is one of the most notable updates in this new privacy policy. Before this update, the app did not collect the precise, GPS-derived location data of U.S. users. Now, if you give TikTok permission to use your phone's location services, then the app may collect granular information about your exact whereabouts. Similar kinds of precise location data is also tracked by other social media apps, like Instagram and X.

[...] Rather than an adjustment, TikTok's policy on AI interactions adds a new topic to the privacy policy document. Now, users' interactions with any of TikTok's AI tools explicitly fall under data that the service may collect and store. This includes any prompts as well as the AI-generated outputs. The metadata attached to your interactions with AI tools may also be automatically logged. [...] This change to TikTok's privacy policy may not be as immediately noticeable to users, but it will likely have an impact on the types of ads you see outside of TikTok. So, rather than just using your collected data to target you while using the app, TikTok may now further leverage that info to serve you more relevant ads wherever you go online. As part of this advertising change, TikTok also now explicitly mentions publishers as one kind of partner the platform works with to get new data.

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[...] Over the years, Snover has dropped the occasional pearl of wisdom or shared memories from his time getting PowerShell off the ground. A recent favorite concerns the naming of Cmdlets and their original name in Monad: Function Units, or FUs. Snover wrote: "This abbreviation reflected the Unix smart-ass culture I was embracing at the time. Plus I was developing this in a hostile environment, and my sense of diplomacy was not yet fully operational." Snover doubtless has many more war stories to share. In the meantime, however, we wish him well. Many admins owe Snover thanks for persuading Microsoft that its GUI obsession did not translate to the datacenter, and for lengthy careers in gluing enterprise systems together with some scripted automation.

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The father, identified in court filings as Elvis Joel TE, and his daughter were stopped and detained by officers around 1pm when they were returning home from the store. By the evening, a federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. But federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center.

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WASHINGTON (ANP/AFP) - De Amerikaanse regering heeft kritiek op uitspraken van president Donald Trump over het optreden van NAVO-landen in Afghanistan van de hand gewezen. Trump zei rond zijn bezoek aan het World Economic Forum in Davos dat militairen van NAVO-bondgenoten in Afghanistan de frontlinie zouden hebben gemeden.

Dat leidde tot felle kritiek uit onder meer het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Nederland. De Britse premier Keir Starmer noemde Trumps opmerkingen "beledigend en ronduit afschuwelijk". Hij benadrukte dat 457 Britse militairen in Afghanistan zijn gesneuveld.

De Nederlandse demissionaire minister David van Weel (Buitenlandse Zaken) stelde dat Trump niet de waarheid sprak. Volgens hem waren Trumps uitspraken "niet respectvol" tegenover de NAVO-bondgenoten die in Afghanistan actief waren, zoals Nederland.

Volgens het Witte Huis had Trump echter gelijk. Een woordvoerder laat aan persbureau AFP weten dat "de VS meer hebben betekend voor de NAVO dan alle andere bondgenoten bij elkaar".


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Het netwerk bestaat uit meer dan 360 gespecialiseerde instellingen. Zij leveren personeel en middelen bij uitbraken van infectieziekten. Het netwerk werd onder meer ingezet tijdens de bestrijding van de coronapandemie.

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Gouverneur Gavin Newsom van Californië noemde het vertrek van de VS een roekeloze beslissing. Zijn staat wil internationaal blijven samenwerken en zegt voorop te willen blijven lopen in de voorbereiding op toekomstige gezondheidscrises.


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Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 4.7°C (Bewolkt)
Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 113°

Luchtkwaliteit:
  • AQI: 56 🟡 (Matig)
  • PM2.5: 25.1 μg/m³
  • PM10: 27.5 μg/m³

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

  • zaterdag 24 januari: Min 2.0°, Max 8.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ← 111°
  • zondag 25 januari: Min -0.2°, Max 4.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ← 89°
  • maandag 26 januari: Min -0.1°, Max 2.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 27°
  • dinsdag 27 januari: Min -0.1°, Max 3.5° (Lichte sneeuw) ❄️, Neerslag 2.7, Kans op neerslag 27%, Windsnelheid: 19.2 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ← 102°
  • woensdag 28 januari: Min 2.3°, Max 7.0° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6, Kans op neerslag 19%, Windsnelheid: 11.7 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 126°
  • donderdag 29 januari: Min 2.4°, Max 5.7° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.5, Kans op neerslag 14%, Windsnelheid: 17.8 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 121°
  • vrijdag 30 januari: Min 3.6°, Max 7.9° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.6, Kans op neerslag 36%, Windsnelheid: 20.1 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

  • 02:00: 4.4° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 116°
  • 03:00: 4.4° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 128°
  • 04:00: 4.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↖ 123°
  • 05:00: 4.0° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↖ 122°
  • 06:00: 3.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 122°
  • 07:00: 3.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 126°
  • 08:00: 4.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 126°
  • 09:00: 3.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 103°
  • 10:00: 3.0° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ← 96°
  • 11:00: 4.1° (Zonnig) ☀️, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ← 111°
  • 12:00: 5.7° (Zonnig) ☀️, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 125°
  • 13:00: 7.0° (Zonnig) ☀️, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 130°
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